Adding-machine.



C, WALES.

ADDING MACHINE.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED AUG. 12. 1907.

Patented Apr. E8, 1911.]

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G. WALES.

ADDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION'FILBD AUG. 12, 1907.

QQQQG Patented Apr. 18, wil.

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APPLIUATION FILED AUG.12, 1907.

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ylili viiireiicy. 'Vilieii designeil im' CHARLES "WALES, OIE DETRT,

MACHINE ii, fission Appiicami ile August 12,

T0 all whom i may concimi/zi.'

l@ ii: lziimi'ii fluit L CHARLES .ii/TALES, n. citizen of the United Sintes, rfosiding ai Dcii'oiii, iii ilie couiiiy 0f lilnyiie mid litt@ of Mi iigau, hay@ inveiii'eil Ceiiiiin new ami iirwl'ul iiiipv vioiiiciii5 in ifliug-lifiacliiiiess, of which iiiQ following' is z clesi'zi'ipiioii, reizoiciico being imd'iii lie accoiiiimiiying iliim ings. imiiiiugj ,ai puit of iliis spebicniion.

'Flic peiii'l object if the pzc-smit inveniimi yis 'io ziciaipi' mi adding" machine, in Englis willi :i ileviiiml system of Currency in adding imiciiiiic usually lisis a number oi' par; l` =l 'mvs of :immuni keys ciuzli row muiibei'ud i i io S) miel wheels m- (iizils coi'iezqiomiingl number ci @il confre ibis would iio Smm-c for iii@ English System Whey@ mvelm lievi: would we i'qiiii'ed iii iii@ iiist iimil; if liiiii lmiik is used for example io register muil r (14ml police. By tlm prese'ni, iiweiiiimi ii prow-stoel iin pff/vini@ for mlfliioiml miis in lli@ pi'iiiiaiy imiil Yviifimii ieqiiiiiiig :my

iimi of n, cmisl'i'iictimi which ii'iigh primzii'ily be ii'iieiiilm'l und adapted for fecmiliiig nml i'guiiii'mg mcmimg in ille decimal ayaiside Qleiiii'imi im :icliiiiig in "ine wir lie 'type shown in iiiwiii iiio. Yil) issued uemliei' i, i903, i0 Charles iii/laks? imi all Specification of Letters Patent limi sini) devis-@S (if die icm; @if shillings wnseiiweii Api.: i8,

i907. semi No. @$8,234.

f i'lw right iii F1tw @mi 5: S :l plan 65 View @it a fgiiiimia pmi die Driehuis i0 illustrata climigas in iaiii igiiilfi 0i ammini: ley mi upon ci'iziiii of iii? :icuiiiiulnto wlwols; l b. 9 i coiiaiii t'uiieii'eif iiiociiziiiism in leiii suie @le- Yniioii; Fig. i@ siuiilzuiy regu anis i'f im'- ilg devices' for suoli iziiiifez: inecliziiiism; smal VFig. il ifpieseiiis iii ii j ipi iiziia on L gilt sidi, elem? bimi.

.in n machine @if tlm 1li/pia simwii .in the above-nienlione@ pafvni'ilm l mimi keys are aii'ifsiiigeil iii a iniiiilizw manual' iiiiw'iii imm i'oiito rom' iii sew `l parallel 'ro nini such keys :we imiiiliafiei i @zich um coi'- iesponfliiigly tu pioviilv im' all tlm :iiiwuiis iu iii@ 50i/'mul iljccinmi places iiiiiiii the Y )aiciiy of ille iimcliiiw. i`lu isz aim-mint: l afjv' f :i

mi "0 :.i levez' uli; mi miiiiectioii' vii i a feloiwpiii hvsa being' ii sei o ifo'w 0i' suf-li slop-iii? or liiailis 'im' @noli um oi' l cys. "iiiz .ifs :i op-lilzuiei-z iiul iii am opeiaiimi oi ille imcliine iii@ es; moveiiiviii' of that pmticiilzii wel: im? is iiiiiilifeal by iis :,iiiiimeni against ii'liicii- @ver mie ci: iii@ sioirbimies his been elovziileil lijf aiepi'wtsinii (if mi ammini key.

in 'Ilia uct-Ompzuijgf g {iinwiiigss glie "ef a handle lever (not shown) secured to a roek shaft 50 and the restoration oi said shatt by a spring suitably eranked there- 'to as shown in Fig. l. An arin 5l secured to the .shaft 50 oai-ries at its rear end a roller 52 engaging,- a cam slot in an arm or plate and the latter is secured to aeounter rock shaft 5i. he latter Carries an arm 7st with a stud Tl to ahnt the front edge ot' the :torward radius line 311, and by acting against the samewhen the operating handle moves rearwardly, move the rack hack to normal. The forward movement of the rack is brought about through the medium of a spring 75, Connecting the rear radius link 311 with said arm 7st, so that its extent of movement may be regulatet'l by its abutment against one or another oi the stopblades 11,5. rthis rack baueoperates with a pinion 78 on number wheel or dial 90. vit will be understood that there a raek7 a pair ot radius links, an arm 74 and spring F5 for each number wheel. These are all well-known elements ot a machine oi' the typeshown in said Avvitales patent and in addition to the above-entnnerated parts may be nientioned the broad pawl or lateh lll (Figs. 2, 4f, 5 and 7) pivotally mounted in the 'traine 113 which carries the stop-blades and drawn by a suitable spring into engagement with all of thI :atop-blades of the row or yProjections on the stop-blades eooperate yjith the upper edge of this broad pawl or latch in a well-known manner 'to provide for ten'iporarily maintaining the operated stop-blade in elevated position against the stress ot' the key spring. Under this arrangement ot' Course the depression of a second key in the same row will have the elteet oli' releasing a previously depre tey in that row. Suitable means are, as usual, "provided for displacing` the latch or detent at the proper time in an operation oi the machine so as to cause tl a automatie return et any depressed keys to normal at the conclusion ot' an operation oi the inachine.

'e't'erring iirst to 'the constructions illustrated in l to 3, he increased capacity for registration in the, right-hand department ot the inaehine is provided 'tor as tot lows: The right-hand row or set oi stopblades is increased in number by two7 the additional blades being readily aeeon'nnodated in the trarne '113 at opposite `ends ot' the usual row ot' nine stop-blades. 'lhe right-hand rack bar 310 permitted a greater range of movement .so that the rear` most stop-blade may serve the usual .funetion ot the stop-blade just in tront ot this additional blade, viz.7 to determine the extent of movement of the rack bar when registering one unit in the lowest deeimal plaee. willie increased range ot movement ot' the rark bar also provides 'for its advanfin l'ar eed enough to contant with the `foremost stop-- blade, which represents the highest number in the lowest decimal plaee. rlhis increased range ol movement is' provided` for by loeating the stud Tl in the right arm Tl a greater distance trom the rook .shaft 53st than corresponding studs of the other arms, and eonsequtfntly nearer the eenter on which the forward radius links rook, all as illustrated in Fig', l, where the studs appear in dotted lines. ln the present instance the construction provides for a registration up to eleven in the lowest decimal place7 the twelfth inerement of movement in this bank representing' accumulation ot pent-e to the amount of one shillingr and consequently being carried to the next higher wheel. l`wo additional keys 1817 are mounted to the right ot the keys inscribed with numerals S and 5) in the row of keys which is ordinarily the Ytarthest one to the right. lfhis is illustrated in Fig3 1. 25 and 8 where the two additional keys are shown iuseribed with theauuaerals l() and ll. The nino regular keys of the usual rightliand row are eonnerted respectively with the rearmost nine stop-blades o't the right-hand sot oit sueh blades whereas the two additional keys 1li are eonneoted respectively with the Aforemost two stop-blades of this set. 'the stems o't said keys 11T:L are oll'set as shown at 117D, ll`ig'.;2and their lower extremities are coupled 1e-,peetivel v to levers lltL and lltl pivoted intermediate their ends to a suitable supporting braeket llt), and eonneetedresl'metively with the toreniost two slopblades which have laterally projeetinj -lugs ltl and 113" embraeed re- .spee 'vely by the bi'l'ureated rear ends ot the levers llo and llol. Thus depression ot the key bearing' the numeral lt) will elevate the tenth lstop-blade eounting lrom the rear, whereas depression ol the key bearingy the numeral Il will elevate the eleventh or 'foremost stop-blade.

it will be seen that the abovealeseribed construction provides4 'tor two additional iuerements ot moven'ient ot' the right-hand rarlc bar fllt). 'the wheel or dial ooiiperating with .said rark will be (sorrow))ondingly inscribed with numerals trom I to ll and an intervening '/,ero7 as .shown in lfig. S. ThusI sueh wheel instead ot' showing;` a Zero upon receiving an increment ot' movement beyond the position in whieh it disl'ilays the numeral Si will showthe numeral 10 and with another increment ol movement will show the numeral ll. "this obviously provides tor ree;-

istration ol penee and the usual transferV meehanism associated with said wheel and the, next higher wheel will provide, Vlor earryingj a twelve-pence registration to the `shillings wheel. 'the latter and the cooperating;4 rack bar, stop-blades and row ot keys require no alteration over the usual eonstriuztion em- -Le ecimed system. @if course -eifstoo Haat o second shiliiiigs as second complete 1roshillings Wheel must. ensue 'o of one poum-i. @n s Whe i the iiseiip'ions fruiting o'iies :uid zeros her movement of this i is u transfer to ihe eouii'se the Iow of keys wi'tiithe second shiiliugs Wheel inscriptions from l izo 9 but one xviii oe inscribed ou zich These 'variations from the leugemeut, to iusoi vions on e :imi 'number wheels, .We iiiusif@ wil be understood tha. of :eine keys iu the second simply o. metier of eoii- .ieserviug symimi'-ify of the dei one of feuee a. single key iu ''iiis suiieient so im" as registi-a- .ie second siiiiimge Wheel are coue shown wheieby the ouweb-e' which uiis the eus of f i ieudei'ed uoifoui foi' each l. xespoudngg 'beuk be de The usuz'd uiue eu'igjiioyej euch oiee boing Cou-l key evei HG, the same :is feine of this puiiiouim type. Feindes do not constitute sjops Toe-y simply pei-ferm the iuq' fue 'usual pivoted sieg fifi), ffii the type of adds Shown, ii) is eusi'ommy"for 'io perform the fum; bm' .iii any Vbouk .uis been de'uesse. .1.1.9 erm is iturned igieiose :md so long' es die stop i4 iioim'ei iou'efed posuzimi, he eorespoiidingy 'uek bui' e when 'he me ,ue is op sting my effective advance the tens of shillings bank yne exieu of movement 'no siop arm.

Tous, :is the iront oud oi? `fue The lower position. The ront edge of .he widened portion 216 siiaus iu ofiiis 1lower freut edge. Thus, when The stop mui 11S has been elevzie by any' one of the Nudes U5, iis luiei'ully i'urued maui' omi poiiou siii] simios iii the path of ilie widened poi'- tioii of che mok ouru us iiil ute iu dotted lines in Fig. 11. H1 foiiows fha-; the mok bur w'i'i partake of exeeiy the some Stent of movemeue Whiohevei' one of the blades 115 i. elevated.

The construction piovic'led. for the. purpose of effecting u transfer with every ohei moveuiefot of the teus of shillings wheel is liustifnted viu E) and 10. The tieusiei' devices here shown site not novel.. but are such ns have been heretofore employed .iu uieeiiines of the 'type heike shown. Eiih uumei'zii Whee 9 ozu'i'ies eoiffied disk 91 and u transfer pew! 92 is adepeci to outage this iooiied disk to advance the number Wheel one step. Seid puiwi ozu-tied upon pivoied plete and a spring' 94- ieuds io eievuie ie rear potiou said piute mid cause the puwiito mimmo the number Wheel. The.

spying; is., howevel', normally festruined by the engagement oi' :i hp 95 :it the forward part oi, seid pee' with e s'u JG or. u. .ievei $7, he latter being drawn ieuuvmfd 'by s .jg i'. En ihe usuel 'construct-Lieu of i'ie machine they@ wo truiisfer ziipgiiig :ii-uis, meh os siiowu iu doi'toci lines zu; l0() iu u f. l? aud n j euch number Wheel has i'wo series oi numei- :lis ruining' from 1 to S) with intervening zeros. yFliese tripping uiius :Leia :iguiuo u lotei'ellgf' tuiieed 'pofiou of *me ieei' H7 to ezuyy the siiud 1% 'from uudei: 'the iip Sii, so ihu the spring Sie; muy zperee if truusfei'. ior fue purpose o providing foi* the ti-uusifei- "bo die pounds wheei, ,with eveig7 other :uivnuce of 'he teus of siiiliug's wheel. die imiter# is provided with a disk 101 having; teu nipping ieeii or emu projections Of. vWith every other advance of this tous of siiiiiiogs wheel. one of suini mun pi'ojeoiious wii mit upon die ievcz' 9? io ee'sJ-y iiie sind 9G from under the lip 95; The festomtimp the operation ofroiieis- 1G?, (one of which y appears ifi Fig. l and also in l0) upon the upper @um edges of iiie lei/eus 105. 'Fiese iolieifs are oeiiied eros-s rod oi' eed-iwi i5 parallel rows to cooperate respectively with t" e the set to variously determine the it movement ot said member.

a. machine ot' the chara-ccr descriocd', the combination of parallel rows of amount lit-vs forming one set; a set if stops ccrjlaiii of i ich a re in line `with an operatively connected to the keys of one of said rows i'especti vely and the others in line with and op 'ely coniiffted jto the keys of 25 .other row respectively; a dili'creltial member whose extent of movetsimincd by the operated stop; means ccnnnon to all the stops.

a 1;.,aclnnc ot the Yhafactor de- Jed, the combinatioii of parallel rows of acconntinn nient is a and (letten ser anicnnt keys the keys ot one ot said rows respectively and the, others tothe keys of the other row respectively; a differential accounting mein-- ber whose extent of movement is determined by the operated stop; and detent means coinnion to all the stops, the samecinnprising,r .spring-held latches one for each department ot stops and operatively connected together.

ln a machine ot the character debcd, tl) czjinibinalion ot parallel rows of i one set; .set ot stops *relatively connected said rows respectively l-icys of the other roiv f ely; a ditlxercntial accounting; incin- 'ber Whose extent oft' movement is deter mined by the operated stop; and dctcnt means common to all thc stops, the saine 'comprising a spring-held latch for each dopartaient of stops and a link connecting the latches.

8. ln a machine of the character-` described, the. combination of parallel series ot` amount keys, corresponding series of sto-ps, operating connections between the keys and stops, a rack bar. having' laterally .spaced portions for abutting stops ot the 60 diiiferent serios-respectively, andmeans 'for roc'ating the rack bar. y

machine ot the' chai' :r do

A i series.

"to abut corresponding members oit rorn'iing one set; a of stops 'ertain ot 'which arc operatively connected to` lnliiifi the latter rocks than t the links. v.

il. ln a machine of thc character deand stops, a rack bar having opposi'tely eri-- tending' projections for abutting stops of y, the ditl'erent series respectively, and means 'tor reciprocating the rack bar.

l0. in a machine of the character de- .scribcd,' the 'combination of parallel series 'devices common to all the stop blades, a rack bar having laterally.projecting fingers for abutment against stop blades of the series respectively, and means said rack bar.

ll. ln n machincot the. character described, the combi-nation with aseries of in depcndently rotatable accumulating Wheels, of a differentially operable actuating device for each Wheel with provisions for an in creased range ot inc-vement cgt' one such actnatirri;` device, as compared with others.'

.12. ln a machine ozt the character described, the combination with a series o1 independently rotatable accumulating Wheels, ot' a "rack kfor cach Wheel, a pair of radius links for each rack, and a rockingstructure said pairs oli' links for .moving the rac is in one direction, the point ot' contact between one oi' such links and the said .rocking structure being' farther removed from the center on which the latter rocks than the points o-t contact between others oi said llnks and said rocking' structure. i

13. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with a serieso independently rotatable accumulating Wheels, ot a rack for each Wheel, a pair of radins links for each rack, a' rocking structure to abut corresponding members ot said pairs of links for moving the racks in one direction, the iioint of contact between one of such links and the said r ckingr'strnctine being 'farther removed Ltro-in tl V- center on Y Joints 'of contact ietivcen oi o' said i rocking] striiictnre; means for 'rocking the latter; and springs connecting the saine with scribed, the combination of a keyepiece, a reciprocating bar, and a movable-stop for l'iolding said .bar in normal position. said key-piece 'adapted to displace said stop to permit movement' of the'bar measured by abutment against the stop.

l5. ln a machine of the character de.

scribed, the combination soif ahoy-piece., a reciprocating shouldered bar, and a Inovable stop for holdings'y said bar Ain normal position, said keypiece adapted to displace said stop to permit movement oii the bar by' abntmeit against :the stop, above the shoulder of the.

and said for reciprocating i sclbid: tlm cmnbnaion of :1 Set of key piecs udaptc to be Sepzu'zltoy elevated, a stop arm extending' over said key pieces and arranged to be lif'cd by any one of them, und n reciprocating linu- Shouldeled to provdo abutment Qdgvs iu difelent Vertical planes, on@ of such edges to abut the stop key pieces.

CHARLES WALES; Vnesses J. G. VlNCEN'r, F. H. BOYER.

abut said arm when it is lifted by one of the 1U 

